Web Services Example

Developer_Account

I included the standard web service references, and I want to simply test if a file exists by a given name and download it.

// The user's credentials

string username = "haessd" ;

string password = "haessd" ;

// Create the Authentication service client

LiveLink.Authentication. AuthenticationClient authClient = new LiveLink.Authentication. AuthenticationClient ();

// Store the authentication token

string authToken = null ;

// Call the AuthenticateUser() method to get an authentication token

try

{

authToken = authClient.AuthenticateUser(username, password);

}

catch ( FaultException e)

{

MessageBox .Show( "LiveLink Authentication Filed : " + e.Code.Name + "\n" + e.Message);

return ;

}

finally

{

// Always close the client

authClient.Close();

}

LiveLink.DocumentManagement. OTAuthentication otAuth = new LiveLink.DocumentManagement. OTAuthentication ();

otAuth.AuthenticationToken = authToken;

// Create the OTAuthentication object and set the authentication token

LiveLink.ContentService. OTAuthentication otCAuth = new LiveLink.ContentService. OTAuthentication ();

otCAuth.AuthenticationToken = authToken;

// Create the ContentService service client

LiveLink.ContentService. ContentServiceClient contentServiceClient = new LiveLink.ContentService. ContentServiceClient ();

// Create the DocumentManagement service client

LiveLink.DocumentManagement. DocumentManagementClient docManClient = new LiveLink.DocumentManagement. DocumentManagementClient ();

So everything works to here, now, I want to grab a given file say "

PDPTest.xml

" from some livelink location (lets say I don't know where the file is located so I want to search all directories web services has right to).

Is there a sample which will do this, or what calls do I need for this?

Kyle_Swidrovich

If you want to search for something by name, you can either write a LiveReport (taking into account all multilingual names and permissions), store it in Content Server, then call it through RunReport, or you can use the Search API.

Although we offer a SearchService web service for homogeneous solutions, I strongly recommend using the Search API for performing searches as its use is much simpler and we’re putting our dev efforts into the Search API.

 

There are various references to both the SearchService and the Search API in this forum if you’re looking for more information along those lines.

 

The Search API info can be found here in OTDN:https://knowledge.opentext.com/knowledge/cs.dll/Open/16579994

 

If you have specific questions about the Search API, you can always contact your local OpenText Customer Support office and we’ll be happy to answer questions.

Cheers,

Kyle